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full loads of parts to build wastewater tanks himself.
“I found the Graf systems were the most reliable and simplest to install,” he said.
He has since specified Graf UK systems for the MoD’s portaloo programme which upgraded the output of super loos from soakaways to holding tanks on dozens of sites throughout that bastion county of Army activity, North Yorkshire.
He also surveys numerous non-compliant septic tanks on farms on remote land owned by the MoD and for these has specified a Graf UK biomatic/non-powered sewage treatment system that had already been introduced in Germany and France.
In the past few months, he has installed three biomatic units, and two more are in the pipeline. He is also working with Swinton Estates in Harrogate to maintain and upgrade the septic tanks to Graf UK’s One2Clean systems to meet the new General Binding Rules.
In the seven years he has worked with Graf UK he has installed dozens of wastewater systems, not including the 15 to date this year. He also
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holds Graf stock on a three-acre depot site near Richmond that is home base to 20 field staff, who are deliberately trained to be multi-skilled.
Five of these staff are dedicated to installations, work which the business moved back into from tankering six years ago. The 2020 changes to the General Binding Rules have also helped to increase the wastewater treatment system side of the business.
The Covid lockdowns of the past year appear to have done little to slow down the business, deemed an essential worker for the MoD, with appointments arranged with all protocols in place, including work bubbles and outside meetings.
“We have been extremely busy,” said Keith.
He has also found an alternative use for Graf UK’s polyethylene rainwater harvesting tanks, as MoD portaloos.
“They are really strong and easy to put in. They are also cheaper to install as they don’t require any concrete,” said Keith.
“Graf UK systems are superior due to their strength and technology which is very simple,” said Keith. “I have been putting Graf UK systems in since 2010 and I have never had to
The GRAF biomatic non-electric system
go back to one because it’s failed or broken down. They are very robust and hard wearing, with minimal moving parts to cause problems.”
Keith does not feel the need to advertise the business as he gets enough via word of mouth and from local water companies, one of which, Yorkshire Water, has Graf UK almost as a preferred supplier.
“It has been hard work to get where we are,” he said.
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